14 Cyclewise - Bike Hire & Shop 17 Honister Slate Mine 20 Thornthwaite Gallery 24 The Wildlife Park Hire mountain bikes with Cyclewise and begin Highest, coolest all weather inside and Visit this gem of the Lake District. Over 140 Swinging Gibbons, leaping Lemurs and soaring your own thrilling adventure following the renowned honister.com As seen on TV outsidehonister.com MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE in The LakeAs District. seen on TV local artists exhibiting paintings, wood turning, Birds of Prey – there’s plenty of wild action, just ten Visit mountain bike trails of Whinlatter Forest. Our shop ’s last working slate mine. Specialist Award jewellery, pottery, textiles and much more. minutes from Keswick. is a perfect location from which to start and enjoy the winning Mine Tours deep underground. ‘Visitor Sit and relax in the teashop and enjoy home made Amble through domestic rare breeds, interact and three amazing graded mountain bike trails situated mountain Experiencemountain of the Year 2014’ The Via Ferrata Xtreme. cakes, scones, soups and toasted sandwiches. discover with our experts: from Tapir Talks to Reptile amidst the beautiful forest setting. Great fun for ADVENTURE Climb the Mine and The Infiniti Bridge Encounters and magnificent free flying Bird of Prey everyone whatever their biking ability! ADVENTURE Open: 10.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Saturday, (the longest in Britain). 6th February 2017 until Christmas. displays. Get up close and personal with a pre-bookable Open: All year. Book online at www.honister.com The gallery is situated in the village of Thornthwaite, animal encounter: Hawk Walks, Lemur Encounters, Meet Opening times: Mon – Sun, 10:00am – 4.30pm Free factory trail, Free parking for customers, follow the brown signs. From Keswick follow the A66 the Meerkats and Keeper Sessions. Picnic, play areas (indoors and out) and café. Directions: From follow the Visitor Centre Free entry to Visitor Centre, Shopping and towards , take the Thornthwaite turning signs to Whinlatter Forest. Sky Hi Café. and continue for 1 mile into Thornthwaite village. Admission: Adults £9.50, Child (3 – 14s) £7.50, Turn left just after the Thornthwaite sign. Senior £8.50, Family Saver £32.00, under 3s FREE. Whinlatter Forest, Braithwaite Open: All year except Christmas – New Year. 24 BASSENTHWAITE Keswick CA12 5TW Opening times: 9.00am to 5.00pm Daily. From Cockermouth follow A66 towards Keswick Open all year: 10.00am – 5.00pm Advisable to book in busy periods. and turn right at the Thornthwaite sign, as you enter (or dusk if earlier). Just ten minutes from Keswick. T: 017687 78711 the village turn right at the gallery sign. E: [email protected] , , Keswick CA12 5XN , Keswick, CA12 4RD 16 2017 Thornthwaite, Keswick CA12 5SA T: 017687 77230 F: 017687 77958 T: 017687 76239 6 ATTRACTIONS/TOWN MAP E: [email protected] Tel: 017687 78248 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] COCKERMOUTH 21 It’s all on honister.com It’s all on honister.com 18 f S Open all year www.cyclewise.co.uk f S Open all year VAQAS accredited www.honister.com f S www.www.thornthwaitegalleries.co.uk/ S Open all year www.lakedistrictwildlifepark.com BASSENTHWAITE LAKE TO RHEGED & PENRITH 15 Whinlatter Forest 18 Rheged Centre 21 Mirehouse and Gardens 25 Rookin House Activity Centre BLENCATHRA DODD WOOD England’s only mountain forest with spectacular views Hidden under a unique grass roof, Rheged has ‘Manor from Heaven’ Melvyn Bragg; fascinating Conveniently situated 4 miles from Ullswater and WYTHOP FOREST across the . Whinlatter Wildplay trail for children something for everyone, with pottery painting, play literary connections; live piano music; natural 9 miles from Keswick, with the stunning backdrop 25 and family events. Gruffalo Orienteering course and areas, children's events and child-friendly cafés. Our playgrounds, heather maze, bee garden and lakeside of Blencathra mountain range, Rookin House has the THORNTHWAITE Gruffalo sculptures. Home of the Lake District Osprey gallery hosts art and photography exhibitions while walk. Free family nature trail. perfect setting to enjoy your day. The activity centre APPLETHWAITE THRELKELD Project. Altura and Quercus mountain bike trails. Go Ape our Imax style cinema shows inspirational 3D films Charges: Gardens, Playgrounds & Lakeside walk: has been family run for over 25 years and has a 19 14 15 tree top adventure and Forest Segways. Waymarked in the day and live streams world-class theatre, ballet Adult £4.00, Child £2.00 strong focus on safety and fun, with a wide range LATRIGG walking trails. Forestry Commission visitor information and opera regularly in the evening. We have three of activities. These include Pony trekking, Riding 20 House & Gardens: Adult £7.80, Child £3.90, WHINLATTER centre and shop, Cyclewise bike shop and hire, cafés and a farm shop. Lessons, Clay Pigeon & Air Rifle Shooting, Archery, FOREST Family (2+4) £21.00 KESWICK 22 ST. JOHN’S Siskins Café. Our individual shops offer an eclectic range of quality Escorted Quad Treks, Indoor Go Kart Rally Cross, BRAITHWAITE IN THE VALE Open: 1st April – 31st October Paint-balling and many other activities including Open: Forest open all year round. clothing, toys, books, cards, local crafts and even a PORTINSCALE Visitor Centre and Siskins Café 10.00am – 5.00pm beauty spa plus regular seasonal fairs. Opening times: Grounds: daily 10.00am – 5.00pm. Off Road Driving. For those wanting to make a day of it there are various multi-activity packages available. (November to March 10.00am – 4.00pm) Open: Every day with free entry and parking. House: Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday, DOCKRAY Cyclewise 10.00am – 4.30pm. Café 08:30am – 5:00pm (Fridays in August) 1.30pm – 4.30pm Open: All Year (booking advisable). Free parking. STAIR Check website for seasonal opening times. Main Centre 10:00am – 5:30pm (last entry 4.00pm). 9.00am – 5.00pm, evenings for pre-booked groups. WALLA CRAG Charges: Free entry. Car parking charges. (closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day) Mirehouse, Keswick CA12 4QE Near Ullswater, Troutbeck, Penrith NEWLANDS ULLSWATER Directions: A66 west from Keswick and follow the Just off M6 (J40) Penrith, CA11 0DQ T: 017687 72287 Cumbria CA11 0SS 23 brown tourist signs to the B5292 . T: 01768 868000 E: [email protected] T: 017684 83561 CATBELLS The Visitor Centre is three miles along the Pass. E: [email protected] E: [email protected] T: 01768 778469 You can now book online at Rheged.com and check Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ E: [email protected] out our calendar of events throughout the year. rookinhouseactivitycentre.troutbeck CRUMMOCK f S Open all year VAQAS accredited www.forestry.gov.uk/whinlatter f S Open all year www.rheged.com f (on a short lead) www.mirehouse.com Open all year (booking advisable) www.rookinhouse.co.uk THIRLMERE GLENRIDDING Indoor Climbing and Outdoor Activities for 16 The Lakes Distillery 19 Go Ape Whinlatter Keswick & District Fairtrade Campaign GRANGE 22 Keswick Climbing Wall all ages – from 170m zip wire to Junior The Lakes Distillery is Cumbria’s only whisky, gin and The multi-award winning and original forest adventure Adventure Play, Ghyll Scrambling to Canoeing THIRLMERE vodka distillery. This award-winning craft distillery set high up in the canopy. Enjoy two to three hours in and much more. Free all day parking. WATENDLATH is set in a beautifully renovated Victorian farm. It’s the trees, taking on Zip Wires, Tarzan Swings, Rope Prices: from, Adults £7, Child £7 complete with an on-site visitors’ centre with tours Ladders and a variety of Obstacles and Crossings. In and around Keswick are dozens of Goosewell Farm, Keswick CA12 4RN and tastings, a luxury gift shop and home to the Alternatively cruise and explore the forest floor on businesses selling and serving Fairtrade ROSTHWAITE Michelin Guide recommended ‘Bistro at the Distillery’. one of our all-terrain Forest Segways. T: 017687 72000 E: [email protected] products. Many are listed on our new 17 Open: Charges: Adults £33.00 website. They include cafés, restaurants, HAYSTACKS Tours 10:00am – 6:00pm Children (aged 10+) £25.00 guest houses, B&Bs, holiday lets, retailers, Bistro 10:00am until late Open: February Half Term. March Weekends. Daily f S Open all year STONETHWAITE Directions: North of Bassenthwaite Lake, just from 1st April to 31st October. November Weekends. wholesalers and coffee roasters. Most of off the B5291. 15 minutes from Keswick. Directions: Follow the A66 until Braithwaite then our churches are Fairtrade and some of our SEATHWAITE Lakes Distillery, Setmurthy, follow the Visitor Centre signs to Whinlatter Forest. Keswick’s largest provider of outdoor activities. schools are too. 23 Newlands Adventure Centre Available for families, groups and individuals. near Bassenthwaite CA13 9SJ Braithwaite, Keswick CA12 5TW Fully qualified and experienced CRB checked To find out more about Fairtrade, pick up a GLARAMARA T: 017687 88850 GREAT GABLE T: 0333 433 0674 instructors, AALA licensed and fully insured. E: [email protected] leaflet in the Moot Hall or visit our website E: [email protected] Free all day parking Offer: 15% off per person with promotional code Prices: from £30pp Open: All year We know that Fairtrade works: DKATMP valid until 30th November 2017, excluding Stair, Keswick CA12 5UF we have seen it for ourselves. Saturdays. Discount code must be entered at time of booking. Participation and supervision ratios apply. T: 017687 78463 E: [email protected] visitkeswick.com S Open all year www.lakesdistillery.com f S http://goape.co.uk/whinlatter S Open all year VAQAS accredited www.fairtradekeswick.org.uk Published by Keswick Tourism Association A B C D E F G H I J K L M 4 Lakeland Hauntings 8 Theatre by the Lake 11 The Alhambra Cinema Acorn Street...... 7G 1 George Fisher An 18th century visitor to described the Theatre by the Lake has a setting on the shores Situated on St John’s Street, The Alhambra Cinema WEST - PORTINSCALE, BRAITHWAITE, WHINLATTER, THE LAKE DISTRICT WILDLIFE PARK - JUST 10 MINS. THORNTHWAITE, COCKERMOUTH, WORKINGTON APPLETHWAITE, MILLBECK, MIREHOUSE, Ambleside Road...... 8G isolated county as “beauty lying in the lap of horror”. of Derwentwater no other professional theatre in offers first class cinema entertainment in traditional A66 A591 KEY BASSENTHWAITE, CARLISLE Ash Tree Avenue...... 3B With its valleys, hamlets, villages and towns; folklore Britain can match. Each year it stages up to nine surroundings. Open seven days a week, the cinema 1 Museum Groceries Ambulance Station Tennis Courts Council Offices Toilets and tradition persist in communities as old as the of its own productions of classic, modern and new has digital sound, seats 246 people and provides Bank Street...... 6E Pencil Supermarket Fire Station Leisure Pool School Parking hills. Follow ‘The Lady’ as she reveals the dark secrets plays on its two stages and has won multi-starred wheelchair access. Keswick Bell Close...... 6E lying beneath the waters of the lakes, in the shadows reviews from national critics. It also plays host In addition to the latest main-stream films, we also Library Vet Bowls Church Bus Station Blencathra Street...... 6G of the fells and in the ancient superstitions of the to literature, film and mountain festivals. screen Special Events on a regular basis; these are 1 - Catholic Borrowdale Road...... 8F lake counties. Daytime and evening refreshments are available Cinema Post Office Medical Centre Rugby Club Petrol Station satellite relays of live productions from the world of LL 2 - Methodist from light snacks to pre-theatre meals. HI Brackenrigg Drive...... 6H ONE STORE so Charges: Adults £10.00, Concessions £8.00 opera, theatre and ballet at a cost of only £15.00 E Theatre Launderette Mountain Rescue HQ Pitch & Putt 3 - Chapel Boat Landings AG Brandlehow Crescent....6H Available for private parties. Opening times: 9.30am – end of the performance per ticket. AR Convention Centre Hospital Football Club 4 - Crosthwaite Toilets with Disabled Access or 6.00pm on non-performance days. IC 5 - St Johns Brewery Lane...... 6F much to EXPLORE Opening times: Ghost Walks all year. Booking is Open: All year 2 V CHURCH LA A66 Cricket Briar Rigg...... 3F essential. Visit our website, call or text for booking Box Office: 9.30am – 8.00pm on performance days Charges: Adults: Balcony £7.00, Stalls £6.00 Visit our award winning outdoor shop, or 6.00pm on non-performance days. Play Area Brundleholme Gardens..5H dates and times. Concessions: Balcony £6.00, BR SCALE: with legendary service, the best advice Lakeside, Keswick CA12 5DJ Stalls £5.00 (under 15 yrs and over 60 yrs) UN SPOONEY GREEN TO Castlehead Close...... 8F Directions: Keswick Ghost Walks start and end DH LATRIGG & SKIDDAW 0m 100m 200m 300m 400m 500m BMX Track NE OL and enjoy delicious food & drink with outside the Tourist Information Centre at the Moot Hall, T: 017687 74411 Family Tickets: £18.00 GL ME ROA Chestnut Hill...... 5L

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LA K Springs Garth...... 9H • Ma ps and Guide books Lake Road, Keswick S G N D P Springs Road...... 9H Opening Times: All in a brilliant little gift shop full of products T: 017687 72263 BORROWDALE ROAD A A 9 R RK R Shop – Monday to Friday. Many Saturdays Borrowdale 24,000 acres of the most beautiful scenery E: [email protected] CROW PARK TO BORROWDALE TH A Standish Street...... 6F from the Lake District. K Tours & Bar – Please see our website for availability. 7 in Lakeland – yours to explore, cared for by D CASTLEHEAD E Stanger Street...... 5E A F & Derwent Water Open: Daily 8 S O Booking recomended. O P us. Our lakeside shop will inspire you to find O R R Station Avenue...... 4G Easter to end of October: 9.30am – 5.30pm I T The Old Brewery adventures from 11 car parks along the valley. N L November to Easter: 9.30am – 4.30pm KE G A Station Road...... 5F Brewery Lane Prices: From £4, all car park tickets fund A S N L R E / St. Herbert Street...... 7G Keswick CA12 5BY conservation work, members free. Moot Hall, Market Square, Keswick CA12 5JR O C A A Keswick Lakeside Shop, Lake Road, Keswick, T: 0845 901 0845 F: 017687 75043 S St. John’s Street...... 7F T: 017687 80700 7 D T 10 L CA12 5DJ E: [email protected] 13 TO WALLA CRAG E Tithebarn Street...... 6D E: [email protected] R T: 017687 73780 DERWENTWATER TO FRIARS CRAG I G Vicarage Hill...... 2C E: [email protected] G Victoria Street...... 6E f f Open all year www.lakedistrict.gov.uk f www.keswick-launch.co.uk Wordsworth Street...... 6G f Open all year www.keswickbrewery.co.uk